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off of the so-called fiscal cliff. after a day of intense talks, senate majority leader, harry reid said there will not be a deal tonight. >> there is a distance between the two sides, tpheg orbingiations continue. >> if republicans and democrats can not strike a deal, taxes will go up for almost every american, automatic cuts will kick in and millions will loose unemployment benefits. >> i want everyone to know i am will willing to get this done but i need a dance partner. >> they quickly cut the deficit by slowing the growth of social security but the senate says there is a little bit of movement when they are compromising which americans should should get ready to pay a higher tax rate. >> reporter: in an unusual move republicans here on capitol hill called on the nation's number 2 democrat, vice president joe biden, to help in negotiations, this as the white house puts the blame on the impasse on the gop. >> they say the biggest priority is making sure we deal with the deficit in a serious way. the way they are beh
off of the so-called fiscal cliff. after a day of intense talks, senate majority leader, harry reid said there will not be a deal tonight. >> there is a distance between the two sides, tpheg orbingiations continue. >> if republicans and democrats can not strike a deal, taxes will go up for almost every american, automatic cuts will kick in and millions will loose unemployment benefits. >> i want everyone to know i am will willing to get this done but i need a dance partner....
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seema, thank you very much. >>> in the meantime, it is what everybody is talking about, the fiscal cliff deadline. in just one hour leaders from both sides of the aisle are scheduled for a sitdown and pow wow with president obama. our eamon javers is there. can we expect the best? >> everybody is certainly talking about it but there are not a whole lot of people who know what will happen here. the sliver of hope is the consensus expectation in watching ton is that the president might lay down an offer for a small deal, some type of extension of the bush tax cut for those under 250 or maybe on up to $400,000 if that's where negotiations take him. and then throw in a bunch of other cats and dogs like, for example, an extension of unemployment insurance for those people whose unemployment insurance is going to run out. a couple of other items and call that a deal. that may be where we're headed here, but we simply don't noah head of this meeting, which is now just about 55 minutes away. meanwhile, here in washington at least one republican senator took the opportunity today to say all of th
seema, thank you very much. >>> in the meantime, it is what everybody is talking about, the fiscal cliff deadline. in just one hour leaders from both sides of the aisle are scheduled for a sitdown and pow wow with president obama. our eamon javers is there. can we expect the best? >> everybody is certainly talking about it but there are not a whole lot of people who know what will happen here. the sliver of hope is the consensus expectation in watching ton is that the president...
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still no fix on the fiscal cliff, but there are developments right now, as you know. brian just mentioning there. various congressional leaders and the president getting set to meet at the white house this hour to work on last-minute negotiations all in an effort to avoid those series of tax increases and spending cuts due to take effect next year. what we hear is the senate leaders are there. speaker boehner and minority leader nancy pelosi have yet to arrive, but now we're showing you live pictures. maybe somebody is going to get out of that car, and we'll see if any of the other leaders will be heading to the white house. this is speaker boehner right now heading into the white house. we'll keep you updated as this hour progresses here. >> indeed, meantime, more red arrows here on wall street as investors are awaiting for any signs of progress from the white house meeting which is about to get under way. right now we're sitting smack on 13,000. we've clawed back from being below that earlier on today. the nasdaq has also moved to the downside by half a percent as w
still no fix on the fiscal cliff, but there are developments right now, as you know. brian just mentioning there. various congressional leaders and the president getting set to meet at the white house this hour to work on last-minute negotiations all in an effort to avoid those series of tax increases and spending cuts due to take effect next year. what we hear is the senate leaders are there. speaker boehner and minority leader nancy pelosi have yet to arrive, but now we're showing you live...
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the fiscal cliff, and your money, right now. live from the nasdaq market site in new york city's times square, i'm melissa lee. rally in motion. we're hitting the after hours action in rimm as the shares surge. should you keep betting on blackberry 10. plus, which economy is the best bet in 2013? jpmorgan's chief economist has his top pick. and we're debating the big deal of the day with the bull and the bear case for the nyse ice. but let's check out where the traders stand before we hit tomorrow's session. so, steve, buyer or seller today? >> i think you have to lighten up on a lot of the positions you've had some profitts in. it's really prudent to start peeling off the winners, because we're still waiting on fiscal cliff, as everyone knows. i think the market is poised to sell the news event here. i don't know if we're going to have a news event to sell. >> right. just because you sell those winners doesn't mean that you can't still be in the trade, correct karen? a lot of people are receiving but re-entering the trade. >> t
the fiscal cliff, and your money, right now. live from the nasdaq market site in new york city's times square, i'm melissa lee. rally in motion. we're hitting the after hours action in rimm as the shares surge. should you keep betting on blackberry 10. plus, which economy is the best bet in 2013? jpmorgan's chief economist has his top pick. and we're debating the big deal of the day with the bull and the bear case for the nyse ice. but let's check out where the traders stand before we hit...
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america staring down the fiscal cliff. t-minus nine hours and counting and washington is wasting no time. senate minority leader mcconnell saying both sides are close to a deal. it's about time. >> my preference would have been to solve all these problems in the context of a larger agreement, a bigger deal, a grand bargain. whatever you want to call it. that solves our deficit problems in a balanced and responsible way. with this congress, that was obviously a little bit too much to hope for at this time. it may be we can do it in stages. >> there are a number of issues on which the two sides are still apart but negotiations are continuing as i speak. but we really are running out of time. >> the vice president and i have worked together on solutions before and i believe we can again. >> no holiday for the best political team around. a triple threat, luke russert and mike viqueira on the capitol hill and kristen welker from the white house. are you happy to be working on the holiday? >> it's fantastic. >> absolutely. >> so
america staring down the fiscal cliff. t-minus nine hours and counting and washington is wasting no time. senate minority leader mcconnell saying both sides are close to a deal. it's about time. >> my preference would have been to solve all these problems in the context of a larger agreement, a bigger deal, a grand bargain. whatever you want to call it. that solves our deficit problems in a balanced and responsible way. with this congress, that was obviously a little bit too much to hope...
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right now we are coming up 73.5 hours of going over the fiscal cliff the one that they are pushing us off and everyone s scrambling to scrap scrape toga solution. is the house doing anything at all. congressman aaron schact joins us. >> good evening, sir. >> republicans blame democrats and democrats blame republicans and the leadership as it goes beyond that you have political oh opponents it but you rise above it and have solutions for the american people. where is that leadership? >> it has been lacking without doubt and look, kudos to you for holding elected officials feet to the fire. my party and colleagues and myself included it is frustrating as a house member. i can't be a house member and senator and president all at once. the house has led. we have tried to be the party of ideas. the body of ideas. as you know this summer we passed a bill to keep tax rates low for everyone. it has been dead in the senate. harry reid won't take it up. after the election john boehner got criticism even from my party saying look, mr. president we will meet you halfway and give you the $800 bill
right now we are coming up 73.5 hours of going over the fiscal cliff the one that they are pushing us off and everyone s scrambling to scrap scrape toga solution. is the house doing anything at all. congressman aaron schact joins us. >> good evening, sir. >> republicans blame democrats and democrats blame republicans and the leadership as it goes beyond that you have political oh opponents it but you rise above it and have solutions for the american people. where is that leadership?...
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just ten hours left in this year in washington and ten years until we fall off the fiscal cliff. can we get it done? >> working the phones day and night, let's goat john harwood in washington. lots and lots of headlines, fill us in. >> the latest mandy is that negotiations agreed on the middle class portion of the tax cuts. these are talks between biden and mcconnell. what they agreed to is 39%, 39.6, rather, of individuals over $400,000 in income. married couples above $450,000. estate tax to 40% for estates over $5 million p.m. and rise in dividend rates. can they resolve the disagreement offer spending cuts? democrats are resisting. they want a longer perhaps one-year delay and president obama was trying to rally those disappointed democrats with remarks that he just made by citing gains that he had won in terms of energy and education tax breaks he supported in the past and vowing to seek more revenue later on when we get to the discussion of entitlement cuts or what republicans believe is safer ground. saw some tweets saying he is trying to gum up the works. but there is the
just ten hours left in this year in washington and ten years until we fall off the fiscal cliff. can we get it done? >> working the phones day and night, let's goat john harwood in washington. lots and lots of headlines, fill us in. >> the latest mandy is that negotiations agreed on the middle class portion of the tax cuts. these are talks between biden and mcconnell. what they agreed to is 39%, 39.6, rather, of individuals over $400,000 in income. married couples above $450,000....
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last trading hour for the whole year. the fiscal cliff, there may be a merge. we'll bring more on that. >> take a look at the charts. this tells the story in the last few minutes with mitch mcconnell on the floor saying that we are very, very close. we'll get more details from john harwood in a moment, but right now the markets are voting and they're giving thumbs up with the dow up 138 points. nasdaq up 2% right now. it's been strong all day. now at 3,020. and the s&p up 1.5%. >> look at those stocks go. president obama saying a fiscal cliff agreement is quote, in sight. mitch mcconnell moments ago saying quote, we are very, very close. >> to d.c. and john harwood. he and eamon have been monitoring all day. why are we close but not there yet? what's left, john? >> what's left is the agreement between the two parties on delaying those automatic across the board defense and domestic budget cuts which nobody wants. they deliberately set up so they wouldn't take place. democrats want to defer those for a year. republicans say we're only going to put them off to th
last trading hour for the whole year. the fiscal cliff, there may be a merge. we'll bring more on that. >> take a look at the charts. this tells the story in the last few minutes with mitch mcconnell on the floor saying that we are very, very close. we'll get more details from john harwood in a moment, but right now the markets are voting and they're giving thumbs up with the dow up 138 points. nasdaq up 2% right now. it's been strong all day. now at 3,020. and the s&p up 1.5%....
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cliff? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 41 degrees at the airport. it may come down to a recount in florida. >> a man will be sentenced today after a shooting in tucson. >> this is liberty road this morning where things are moving smoothly. >> welcome back. 5:09. it is breezy outside. a slight chance we could see a passing rain or snow shower to start the day. it is colder outside the city. 41 in rock hall. we will start out with the clouds this morning. it will become mostly sunny this afternoon with a high temperature of 53. we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weekend. >> the man who pleaded guilty to shooting gabby giffords and 18 others will be sentenced in tucson today. wounded 13 others. gabby giffords suffered a gunshot wound to the head. it is still unclear who won the state of florida. absentee ballots are still being counted. as many as two larger thousand more votes ar
cliff? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 41 degrees at the airport. it may come down to a recount in florida. >> a man will be sentenced today after a shooting in tucson. >> this is liberty road this morning where things are moving smoothly. >> welcome back. 5:09. it is breezy outside. a slight chance we could see a passing rain or snow shower to start the day. it is colder outside the...
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over to you. >>> in our next hour, more nonsense. have you heard about the fiscal cliff? we go deeper into another cliff that's more of a threat to our economy. it is the container cliff. >>> i own maria's italian kitchen. we employ 400 people. the fiscal cliff is going to impact our business, who knows how much we can spend to increase our business and expansion may not be possible. the customers are so uncertain as to how they will spend their money that eating out may be considered a luxury. it really hinders our expansion possibilities. this is not a partisan issue. this is an american issue. the american people have been on a roller coaster for the past four years. it's time for them to get on stable ground. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a d
over to you. >>> in our next hour, more nonsense. have you heard about the fiscal cliff? we go deeper into another cliff that's more of a threat to our economy. it is the container cliff. >>> i own maria's italian kitchen. we employ 400 people. the fiscal cliff is going to impact our business, who knows how much we can spend to increase our business and expansion may not be possible. the customers are so uncertain as to how they will spend their money that eating out may be...
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our guest host this hour is julia sed. fiscal cliff negotiations, our top story. now president obama is proposing leaving lower tax rates in place for everyone except those earning $400,000 and above. that's above the $250,000 threshold that the president has been demanding for months, but it is still far from speaker john boehner's request of $1 million. a source familiar with the talk says this is by no means the final offer for the white house. the move by the president was welcomed, albeit with some reservations. we will talk about the latest developments in just a few minutes. in the meantime, the global markets seem to be taking note of the optimism. you can see right now that those dow futures are up by 54 points. this comes after a decent rally for the markets yesterday. s&p futures at this point are up by better than seven points and the nasdaq futures up, as well, by about 17. european shares rising. germany is up, the ftse is up, the france, the cac in france has turned slightly down. but, again, this is a marginal loss of about three points. most of th
our guest host this hour is julia sed. fiscal cliff negotiations, our top story. now president obama is proposing leaving lower tax rates in place for everyone except those earning $400,000 and above. that's above the $250,000 threshold that the president has been demanding for months, but it is still far from speaker john boehner's request of $1 million. a source familiar with the talk says this is by no means the final offer for the white house. the move by the president was welcomed, albeit...
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. >>> and finally tonight, my observation on the ongoing talks in washington over the fiscal cliff. reporting in the last half an hour that speaker boehner and the white house are finally resuming negotiations. albeit at staff levels, but it's a start. and i have a suspicion we might see more progress soon. you see, finally lawmakers are motivated. unfortunately, i don't think the motivation is to put america on a sustainable fiscal path. i think what's driving them is their scheduled vacations. yes. i really do. now, i know they'd never admit it, but look at the facts. everybody is planning to get out of d.c. for good two weeks from tomorrow, december 21st. including the president who already has an extended hawaii trip planned beginning december 17th. you'd think the fact that every working american's taxes will go up on january 1 without a deal would get them talking or that defense analysts telling us over and over if we go over the cliff, 40,000 jobs will be cut immediately in that sector and that's just lighting the fire for other cuts or widespread beliefs that we will have a
. >>> and finally tonight, my observation on the ongoing talks in washington over the fiscal cliff. reporting in the last half an hour that speaker boehner and the white house are finally resuming negotiations. albeit at staff levels, but it's a start. and i have a suspicion we might see more progress soon. you see, finally lawmakers are motivated. unfortunately, i don't think the motivation is to put america on a sustainable fiscal path. i think what's driving them is their scheduled...
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so it was those fed minutes, the continued fears we may go over the fiscal cliff as the negotiations are being carried out so far in a very public arena right now. we are off the worst levels of the day, but will these concerns keep investors out of the market right now? let's talk about that, shall we? >> that's what we want to in today's "closing bell" exchange. neil, let me kick this off with you. good to see you. thanks for joining us. as somebody who's putting capital to work in this market, you see a market that is down 600 points on the dow industrials. just since the election, that's 4% declines since the election on november 6th. what do you want to do here? do you want to put money in the market? >> i think you have to put money in the market but what you said is true. the market overall this year is up 7%. that's 7% in a zero interest rate environment. we all knew it was going to be a slow economy. we all knew the market was going to grow slow. the bottom line is even with the decline in the last eight days, we're still up 6.5%, 7%. >> you're saying to buy into this sellof
so it was those fed minutes, the continued fears we may go over the fiscal cliff as the negotiations are being carried out so far in a very public arena right now. we are off the worst levels of the day, but will these concerns keep investors out of the market right now? let's talk about that, shall we? >> that's what we want to in today's "closing bell" exchange. neil, let me kick this off with you. good to see you. thanks for joining us. as somebody who's putting capital to...
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cliff. we're just talking about politics, we're not talking about finances here. they have to go over the cliff. that strengthens boehner's hands because now everybody is paying a hell of a lot more taxes and people are blaming the republicans, and now boehner can go to the caucus and maybe get 200 and a few votes and then with nancy pelosi pick off a few democrats and make some kind of deal. having said that, the best thing for the country is never to come to a deal because ed rendell is right. as a former governor, we don't operate with big deficits. you can't do that and we're in trouble in this country financially. the long term and in the short term, yes, we'll have a recession. it won't be a bad one but it will be one and nobody wants a recession. in the long term i think wall street goes crazy and you will see 15,000, 17,000 in the dow because finally somebody has done something serious about the deficit. i don't believe they will if they come to an agreement. >> you know, governor re
cliff. we're just talking about politics, we're not talking about finances here. they have to go over the cliff. that strengthens boehner's hands because now everybody is paying a hell of a lot more taxes and people are blaming the republicans, and now boehner can go to the caucus and maybe get 200 and a few votes and then with nancy pelosi pick off a few democrats and make some kind of deal. having said that, the best thing for the country is never to come to a deal because ed rendell is...
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we need to get the the stop story right now, and that is teetering on the fiscal cliff. let's go to d.c., where all the action has been in the past 48 hours. john harwood has the latest. john? >> >> melissa, the first headline is, we are going over the cliff tonight, because we're not going to have action in both houses of congress on a deal. we don't have a deal yet. the house isn't going to vote. we don't know if the senate is going to hold any votes. the senate is still waiting for the outcome of the biden-mcconnell talks that are hung up over a couple of things including the issue of the across the board spending cuts which democrats want staved off for a year or so. republicans want to begin that cutting process right now. but let's talk for a moment about what we know about what has been agreed to, have to caution that until everything's agreed to, nothing is set in stone. bull here's what we know. the -- it appears that the top rate on taxes is going to go up to the clinton era level, 39.6% for individuals making more than $400,0 $400,000, for families making, mar
we need to get the the stop story right now, and that is teetering on the fiscal cliff. let's go to d.c., where all the action has been in the past 48 hours. john harwood has the latest. john? >> >> melissa, the first headline is, we are going over the cliff tonight, because we're not going to have action in both houses of congress on a deal. we don't have a deal yet. the house isn't going to vote. we don't know if the senate is going to hold any votes. the senate is still waiting...
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let's look at what the next step might be to solve the fiscal cliff. we kick off this hour with roger altman, chairman and founder of evercore partners and deputy treasury secretary under president clinton, barry knapp, head of u.s. equity portfolio strategies at barclays. barry i need to get to you in a second for the market reaction, because it's still going to be above 13,000 if it were to open here and not sell off all day long. roger, have you talked to any administration officials in the last 12 hours to get an idea of what is likely now? >> not since last night. >> what do you think is likely? do you think we're going over? >> first of all, i thought congresswoman capito's assessment was quite an indictment of the situation on the republican side. she was pretty candid. >> uh-huh. >> and she obviously described a situation which is in disarray. it's hard to imagine, joe, a tougher moment. >> all right. >> for speaker boehner, a more shocking defeat and so forth. >> the white house would not have taken that deal. so if they -- they can't even get
let's look at what the next step might be to solve the fiscal cliff. we kick off this hour with roger altman, chairman and founder of evercore partners and deputy treasury secretary under president clinton, barry knapp, head of u.s. equity portfolio strategies at barclays. barry i need to get to you in a second for the market reaction, because it's still going to be above 13,000 if it were to open here and not sell off all day long. roger, have you talked to any administration officials in the...
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not appear there will be any resolution to averdict the looming fiscal cliff, at least based on what they were saying. still, with so much uncertainty in washington, what will the markets look like tomorrow? let's break it all down. so, lots of market expectations on a deal. some good, some bad. alan, why don't you give your expectations on how you think stocks are going to open up tomorrow, based on what we have heard so far today? >> well, i thought it was an amazing come back we saw today. we you have a the bonds up half a percent, so, the safety buying was not sustained. we saw the market come all the way back and apple moved positive. i'm rather optimistic. we went up 5% in the s&p, going into this. going into this week. and i think that you've got to realize, this is the most analyzed fiscal situation in the history of the world. so, this is not a surprise. i'm still very positive. i'm looking for the s&p to rally, 130 points, which was the distance of that selloff that we saw to get up to 1600 once again and i look for it to go higher. >> jim, the house reconvenes sunday night
not appear there will be any resolution to averdict the looming fiscal cliff, at least based on what they were saying. still, with so much uncertainty in washington, what will the markets look like tomorrow? let's break it all down. so, lots of market expectations on a deal. some good, some bad. alan, why don't you give your expectations on how you think stocks are going to open up tomorrow, based on what we have heard so far today? >> well, i thought it was an amazing come back we saw...
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more on the anticipation of the fiscal cliff, the ceo of a major insurance company on what the fiscal cliff means to his industry right now as the second hour of "the closing bell" gets under way with maria bartiromo. see you tomorrow. >>> and it is 4:00 on wall street. do you know where your money is? hi, everybody. welcome back to "the closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. this market not able to get anything going today as the fiscal cliff fears continue to hang over us. as you see, we turned negative right at 4:00. in fact, we're looking at a decline of about 13 points right her here. the nasdaq composite also under pressure to the tune of five. the s&p 500 down about two points on the session. i want to take a closer look at what moved the markets as we await any decisions out of washington. joining us right now, keith springer, abbigail doolittle, and our own bob posani. keith, let me get your take on the cliff here and on what's to happen in terms of the markets. do you expect the economy to go over the fiscal cliff? what kind of reacti
more on the anticipation of the fiscal cliff, the ceo of a major insurance company on what the fiscal cliff means to his industry right now as the second hour of "the closing bell" gets under way with maria bartiromo. see you tomorrow. >>> and it is 4:00 on wall street. do you know where your money is? hi, everybody. welcome back to "the closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. this market not able to get anything going today...
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just seven hours now until the nation goes over the fiscal cliff. and after weeks of negotiations and public posturing, democrats and republicans have reached an agreement on tax rates in their negotiations. let me tell you what we know at this hour. the deal is said to raise $600 billion in revenue over the next decade through a series of tax increases on the wealthiest americans. th bush era tax rates would be text ended for all single americans with incomes below $400,000 and couples with income below 45000$450,000. all income above that would be tacked at 39 pittsburgh.6%. the deal is said to include a permanent fix for the alternative minimum tax and it extends unemployment insurance for another year for 2 million americans. this was huge for the democrats. speaking at the white house in front of a group of middle class americans just a few hours ago, the president urged congress to act immediately. >> for now our most immediate priority is to stop taxes going up for middle class families starting tomorrow. i think that is a modest goal that we
just seven hours now until the nation goes over the fiscal cliff. and after weeks of negotiations and public posturing, democrats and republicans have reached an agreement on tax rates in their negotiations. let me tell you what we know at this hour. the deal is said to raise $600 billion in revenue over the next decade through a series of tax increases on the wealthiest americans. th bush era tax rates would be text ended for all single americans with incomes below $400,000 and couples with...
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>> it is time to roll up the sleeves and get down to business on the fiscal cliff. democrats and republicans have made the trip to the white house. i'm ashley webster,. it is the last hour of trading, and count down to the closing bell starts now. we have breaking news from washington. rich edson at the white house where president obama is about to meet with key members of congress, and, rich, there's talk of a scaled down deal put forth by the president. what have you heard? >> it that is the discussion. you have harry reid, mitch mcconnell arriving at the white house, should have house leadership shortly to begin a meeting, a last ditch effort to try to help the economy avoid the fiscal cliff, or at least pieces of it, and, yes, the buzz around washington is a possible path forward that aids describe as preventing tax increase for income amounts of $400,000 or $500,000 or so, extend unemployment insurance, but, still, nothing has been agreed to. all in washington are waiting to see how this meeting goes. it's just about to start here in dc. meanwhile, on capital h
>> it is time to roll up the sleeves and get down to business on the fiscal cliff. democrats and republicans have made the trip to the white house. i'm ashley webster,. it is the last hour of trading, and count down to the closing bell starts now. we have breaking news from washington. rich edson at the white house where president obama is about to meet with key members of congress, and, rich, there's talk of a scaled down deal put forth by the president. what have you heard? >> it...
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we're inside 30 hours from when we all go over the so-called fiscal cliff, if our elected leaders cannot fix the mess they've set into motion. they're hoping for, we understand now, a little divine intervention. >> have mercy upon us as we gather, with so much work left undone. >> well, they've tried everything else. now, praying for a solution to keep americans from feeling the impending higher taxes and keep spending cuts, the senate opening a special sunday session with the chaplain. >> move us and save us from self-inflicted wounds. >> harris: our coverage continues as lawmakers are still at it tonight. and a new video after plane crash that appeared to leave no survivors and the death toll rising and see the huge airliner cracking. and investigations now point to equipment on board. also, feeling the bite of winter weather, again. the northeast taking the brunt of the new system just as many of you head this way to ring in the new year. your travel forecast. it has all come down to this again. crunch time in our nation's capital, and they could very well hang in the balance, and tal
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no matter how this fiscal cliff gets resolved, we would be job challenged. and i continue to think a bright spot is going to be energy. i think energy is an industry that is going to keep on giving, no matter what political turmoil we have. i don't think the politicians will be able to screw up the wonderful nature of energy and some of the new technology and in terms of treasuries, i fully suspect for at least the first half of 2013 you're going to see still historically low interest rates. >> well, we already know that. peter anderson, we think they're going to get low rates. >> not because of the fed, marie kra. i think it's because the market is smart. >> peter, is there a way to invest around those low rates? how do you make money on that? >> yes, i absolutely think so. you know, when you play out the different scenarios that can happen besides rick saying energy and treasury is low interest rates, there are still in great stocks out there and whatever the scenarios are, if we do go off the fiscal, it's going to take some time. and during that time peri
no matter how this fiscal cliff gets resolved, we would be job challenged. and i continue to think a bright spot is going to be energy. i think energy is an industry that is going to keep on giving, no matter what political turmoil we have. i don't think the politicians will be able to screw up the wonderful nature of energy and some of the new technology and in terms of treasuries, i fully suspect for at least the first half of 2013 you're going to see still historically low interest rates....
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duke also said that the stale mate over the fiscal cliff is an overhang, in the after hours session, walmart just up a benny now. back over to you. >> jackie, thank you. karen, walmart was a lagger when compared to its peers as well as the broader market. >> i don't know, it was a little bit frustrating. it's been a pretty good one this year. i find it hard to believe that that customer is really focused at all on the fiscal cliff. the walmart customer. >> that should be the only customer that's not. >> yeah, they're protected. >> they're protected to some extent. but a lot of the lower tier names, if you look at the dollar trees, all these thing, they got smacked around in october. we had a retail conference and a lot of them said that christmas sales were not going to be as good as expected and the stocks all rallied back, but they're all below the level from october. >> coming up next, will apple tv hit store shelves sooner rather land later? we separate fast from friction when it comes to the latest apple speculation. >>> later, the man behind shake shack, the one and only danny
duke also said that the stale mate over the fiscal cliff is an overhang, in the after hours session, walmart just up a benny now. back over to you. >> jackie, thank you. karen, walmart was a lagger when compared to its peers as well as the broader market. >> i don't know, it was a little bit frustrating. it's been a pretty good one this year. i find it hard to believe that that customer is really focused at all on the fiscal cliff. the walmart customer. >> that should be the...
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and so when you have that sort of double whammy, sandy, newtown shootings, fiscal cliff, all these things can combine to depress shoppers' appetite to spend at this point. >> we'll talk a lot more over the next couple of hours where the discounts really came. there's a lot of talk about walmart and gap, and macy's and target. and then what that's going to meet as they try to clear out all this inventory, really starting today, going into the first part of the new year. those things have to get off the shelves. and that's going to affect margins one way or the other. >> let's bring in jackie deangelo, crunching the numbers back at headquarters. >> i'm going to recap what you said a little bit earlier. according to mastercard's spending poll, the few weeks leading up to christmas rose only .7%. a pretty big miss there. to give you perspective, after a drop of 5.5% in 2008, holiday sales have seen a steady rebound since then, including a 2% increase last year. this less than 1% figure, bound to be disappointing. online shopping also showed some muted results. spending polls show web sales we
and so when you have that sort of double whammy, sandy, newtown shootings, fiscal cliff, all these things can combine to depress shoppers' appetite to spend at this point. >> we'll talk a lot more over the next couple of hours where the discounts really came. there's a lot of talk about walmart and gap, and macy's and target. and then what that's going to meet as they try to clear out all this inventory, really starting today, going into the first part of the new year. those things have...
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meantime just a few hours to go, still no deal on the fiscal cliff. how are the markets going to be impacted heading into the new year? head of research joining us from new york, andrew, happy new year to you. all kinds of predictions because there's this big blob of uncertainty facing us in the near term. overall, what's your sense for how the next year goes? >> our major message to clients is that we expect equities to be up between 5% and 10% next year. the first quarter probably will be a little bit choppy with fiscal policy uncertainty, but having said that, earnings will grow, china market is much better, u.s. residential housing is in good shape. so we expect stocks to be higher 12 months from thousand. >> you think the market trade is cheap cyclicals.thousand. >> you think the market trade is cheap cyclicals. explain the logic. >> it's very clear that the u.s. housing market is in much better shape, so there are industrial stocks stanley works as an example that should be growing through the year almost regardless of whether the fiscal cliff g
meantime just a few hours to go, still no deal on the fiscal cliff. how are the markets going to be impacted heading into the new year? head of research joining us from new york, andrew, happy new year to you. all kinds of predictions because there's this big blob of uncertainty facing us in the near term. overall, what's your sense for how the next year goes? >> our major message to clients is that we expect equities to be up between 5% and 10% next year. the first quarter probably will...
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in other words, less than 48 hours before we go over the fiscal cliff. meanwhile, president obama cut his hawaii vacation short to return to washington today. but has he been working on a deal? "outfront" tonight, reports from both ends of pennsylvania avenue. chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, and senior congressional correspondent, dana bash. jessica, first, to you, the president's back in washington, wheels down. he left his christmas vacation early. but was this just a bit of showmanship, or has he been working on something specific? >> reporter: hey, john. well, today has been a bit of a quiet day here at the white house. publicly, the president has been scarce, no sign of him. behind closed doors, i'm told a few meetings internally, but mostly, relatively quiet. i expect we will see more from the president, perhaps we could even see him publicly tomorrow. perhaps he could even meet with or talk to some of the congressional leaders. the president's role in all of this, he can get each of the leaders to come closer on what the white hou
in other words, less than 48 hours before we go over the fiscal cliff. meanwhile, president obama cut his hawaii vacation short to return to washington today. but has he been working on a deal? "outfront" tonight, reports from both ends of pennsylvania avenue. chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, and senior congressional correspondent, dana bash. jessica, first, to you, the president's back in washington, wheels down. he left his christmas vacation early. but was this just...
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hope to get a deal and avoid the fiscal cliff. we look at what happens if the deal does not happen. spoiler alert, it will cause you money. grapevine, david gregory could be in trouble for a segment on his sunday show. we show you what happened. "special report" starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern standard time. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: is it a horrible offense to be too good look? apparently so in iowa. they ruled a dentist james night had a right to fire his dental assistant melissa nelson for being too irresistible. and a perceived threat to his marriage. nelson worked in the office for ten years said she viewed knight as father figure and was fired after his wife complained about his infatuation with her. >> after working for so many years side-by-side, i didn't have any idea that that would have crossed his mind. i think it sends a message that men can do whatever they want in the workforce. >> kimberly: not nice. but apparently the iowa supreme court disagrees with me. eric you are laughing. >> e
hope to get a deal and avoid the fiscal cliff. we look at what happens if the deal does not happen. spoiler alert, it will cause you money. grapevine, david gregory could be in trouble for a segment on his sunday show. we show you what happened. "special report" starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern standard time. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: is it a horrible offense to be too good look? apparently so in iowa. they ruled a dentist james night had...
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tracy: we will take it with this fiscal cliff nonsense. ashley: major developments in the battle over the fiscal cliff. house republicans meeting in three hours to plan their next move. it comes after president obama raised his income threshold for tax hikes to $400,000 and john boehner propose a backup plan that was quickly rejected by the white house. rich edson live in d.c. with all the latest on the wrangling that is going on. >> house republicans gather a few hours for more details on john boehner's backup plan. that is a proposal to prevent attacks rate increase on families earning less than the one million dollars the year in john boehner's plan b is a nonstarter. the white house says the president has offered a reasonable bipartisan compromise. john boehner says that is not so. >> white house offer was $1.3 trillion in new revenue for $850 billion in net spending reductions. that is not balanced in my opinion. >> jay carney says the president has demonstrated he is willing to move towards republicans and using as evidence the fact
tracy: we will take it with this fiscal cliff nonsense. ashley: major developments in the battle over the fiscal cliff. house republicans meeting in three hours to plan their next move. it comes after president obama raised his income threshold for tax hikes to $400,000 and john boehner propose a backup plan that was quickly rejected by the white house. rich edson live in d.c. with all the latest on the wrangling that is going on. >> house republicans gather a few hours for more details...
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in terms of the fiscal cliff what always gets you are things you don't see. we not only see this coming, we talk about it every hour. >> guys, one other thing i'd throw in here on volume. you have to keep in mind, most of the market at this point is doing indexing. most of the market right now is allowing asset allocators to buy and sell etfs. those are pretty static positions. we really don't have an investor class that's actively buying and selling stocks. the day trading community has dwindled because of attrition. they've been up against these algorithms that have knocked a lot of them out. it's really foolish to expect a return to the volumes of the late '90s or even the middle part of the past decade. investors are in the market but in a different way than they used to be. >> i agree there's a structural change in the market. but i also think this low volume is something to be paid attention to. it is the market speaking to us right now. and lee, maybe -- i'm going to play in your hand here. when you get this kind of come play sensy in the market, this
in terms of the fiscal cliff what always gets you are things you don't see. we not only see this coming, we talk about it every hour. >> guys, one other thing i'd throw in here on volume. you have to keep in mind, most of the market at this point is doing indexing. most of the market right now is allowing asset allocators to buy and sell etfs. those are pretty static positions. we really don't have an investor class that's actively buying and selling stocks. the day trading community has...
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will his tax pledge hinder a deal on the fiscal cliff? he rises above? where is that rising above? >> that's true. there are some people who say you got to stick with your convictions, others -- >> stick around. let's bring joe and andrew back into this. guys you've been listening to the conversations this morning. your take away? are we closer, further away? you hearing things you like? >> further away. >> further away. i've decided, becky and jim, that probably the best way to do it, i'm in howard dean's camp, why wouldn't the president go over the cliff and then introduce legislation lowering the rates on 98%? and if the republicans don't vote for that he gets the tax cutting mantel and i don't see how they would vote against that? >> so cynical. >> but so true. >> why is that cynical? >> you know, because -- because i think it's crazy that that's the way things get done in washington, and we will explain that to the public. that, yes -- >> the president, we'd be back to -- there'd be no ifs, ands or buts. he would get exactly what he wanted. then you could talk about what kind
will his tax pledge hinder a deal on the fiscal cliff? he rises above? where is that rising above? >> that's true. there are some people who say you got to stick with your convictions, others -- >> stick around. let's bring joe and andrew back into this. guys you've been listening to the conversations this morning. your take away? are we closer, further away? you hearing things you like? >> further away. >> further away. i've decided, becky and jim, that probably the...
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. >> so will both sides of the aisle be able to cut a deal before the nation falls off that fiscal cliff? steny hoyer joins me from capitol hill. he'll also respond to my interview with eric cantor from earlier this hour. busy edition of "closing bell." stay with us. ♪ [ male announcer ] the first look...is only the beginning. ♪ ♪ introducing a stunning work of technology. ♪ introducing the entirely new lexus es. and the first ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral da
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frustration from wall street to washington over the fiscal cliff. after last night's face-to-face talks between the president and speaker boehner, what's the best solution for avoiding this mess? a left versus right debate is coming up next. a little bit later, two movie studios counting on the hobbit to dwarf the competition this weekend. >>> a tough morning for one oil services firm. hi, bertha. >> hey, melissa. schlumberg schlumberger, top oil services company saying north america activities weaker than anticipated, both on land in the u.s. and in western canada. the combined impacts on profit estimated to be 5 cents to 7 cents a share in the current quarter. the stock down today. that decline now makes it fractionally negative year-to-date. >> the president and house speaker boehner met face-to-face last night at the white house discussing how to avoid the fiscal cliff. john harwood is one of the few people left in washington with some of the details. morning, john. >> reporter: morning, carl. we had a flurry of excitement yesterday afternoon wh
frustration from wall street to washington over the fiscal cliff. after last night's face-to-face talks between the president and speaker boehner, what's the best solution for avoiding this mess? a left versus right debate is coming up next. a little bit later, two movie studios counting on the hobbit to dwarf the competition this weekend. >>> a tough morning for one oil services firm. hi, bertha. >> hey, melissa. schlumberg schlumberger, top oil services company saying north...
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the markets are on edge with anything to do with the fiscal cliff situation. but in terms of technology today, nokia's new smart phone is in high demand. easy stories of it driving off the shelves. how does that match up against everything else out there? dagen: mr. walt mossberg. first and foremost, terrific to see you. >> if you would like, i can say something kind of calling about the fiscal cliff. dagen: yes, please. connell: that would be great. >> why don't we just talk about the phone. dagen: let's send him in and clear out all the bugs. drop it off a cliff, it might break something. bye people, you mean you. so here's the deal. this is the flagship phone from nokia, and one of the flagship phones for windows 8, microsoft's newest version of the ceel phone operating system. in my test, i found it worked quite well. all the features i tried, almost all of them worked for the well. the camera is very good, the screen is fluid. it is by far the best functioning of these phones i have tried, and it stands up very well. as you pointed out, the only cost half
the markets are on edge with anything to do with the fiscal cliff situation. but in terms of technology today, nokia's new smart phone is in high demand. easy stories of it driving off the shelves. how does that match up against everything else out there? dagen: mr. walt mossberg. first and foremost, terrific to see you. >> if you would like, i can say something kind of calling about the fiscal cliff. dagen: yes, please. connell: that would be great. >> why don't we just talk about...
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warren buffett on the economy, the election, and avoiding the fiscal cliff. two hours with one of the world's richest men, buffett, "squawk box," wednesday. starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. rise above. >>> welcome back. it's official now, lance armstrong has been stripped of all seven tour de france titles and banned from the sport for life. today the international cycling union ratified the united states' anti-doping agency's sanctions and we were talking off camera whether andrew -- >> does he ever admit it? >> i don't know. >> is there a book in this ten years from now, does he go to his grave with this? >> somewhere there's 1,700 people he got an extended standing ovation. >> the live strong 15th anniversary. >> what do you think they were -- >> he did raise tens of millions of dollar for people for cancer, did it under false pretenses. >> when you deny it, if you're wishy-washy or not a complete jerk when you're denying it it's not as good so part of the denial is just being a miserable like person. what? >> just part of it is being a miserable person? >>
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that stokes investor hopes for a fiscal cliff deal and this coming just a few hours after harry reid's comments sent the dow into a tailspin. we have complete coverage in this developing story which is happening tonight as we speak. also, as supplies from the obama team, ep achieve lisa jackson stepping down. can the coal companies finally breathe a sigh of relief? guess what happened in britain when the uk banned handguns. the surprising result that could change the gun control debate. "the kudlow report" start ises right now. >>> the big news tonight, still the developments in washington on the fiscal cliff, eamon javers joins us with the details. >> good evening, meshel. capitol hill sources tell cnbc that congressional leaders are planning to go to the white house tomorrow to meet with president barack obama and it is not entirely clear at this point when that meeting will take place and details are still being hammered out and we saw today a blistering series of rhetorical jabs from one side to the other and it's not clear as a result of all that whether a deal can, in fact, get h
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. >> huge move in the after hours. >> liz, we all are tired talking about the fiscal cliff, but that has to factor into the outlook for next year, right? >> oh, yeah. i believe the market is completely at the mercy of the cliff. the impact, at least on the business side, hasn't fully been felt. but they've been bracing for this for quite some time. steve is absolutely right in talking about the average consumer. they're just learning about this whole concept. they're not even sure they understand the ingredients to it. i don't know they're whistling past the graveyard. they are focused on things that normally drive confidence, all of which look decent, which is a pullback in gasoline prices, the improvement in housing. there are fundamental reasons for the lift this confidence. it's just a question of whether businesses are too pessimistic or consumers are too optimistic. >> what advice are you giving to investors right now about what they should do given the uncertainty? >> keep your cards close to the vest. don't make any major trades in anticipation of what is going to happen. the
. >> huge move in the after hours. >> liz, we all are tired talking about the fiscal cliff, but that has to factor into the outlook for next year, right? >> oh, yeah. i believe the market is completely at the mercy of the cliff. the impact, at least on the business side, hasn't fully been felt. but they've been bracing for this for quite some time. steve is absolutely right in talking about the average consumer. they're just learning about this whole concept. they're not even...
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for them to sign off on a package to avert the fiscal cliff. >>> from shopping season to returns season. i've been doing a little bit of that. we'll show you why returns are expected to jump by more than 30% this year. the one thing, the one thing that could derail the social media powerhouses in 2013. find out what it is today on "power." meantime, "halftime report" returns after this. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all on thinkorswim from td ameritrade. ♪ >>> welcome back. all eyes have been on the yen as it's been sinking versus the dollar hitting a fresh two-year low just today. lets gait your money in motion trade now. boris joins us from b.k. asset management. >> good to be with you. >> everybody in their brother it seems is getting on this train. >> yes. >> it's getting a little crowded, isn't it? >> it is getting a little crowded. i still like the trade. i thin
for them to sign off on a package to avert the fiscal cliff. >>> from shopping season to returns season. i've been doing a little bit of that. we'll show you why returns are expected to jump by more than 30% this year. the one thing, the one thing that could derail the social media powerhouses in 2013. find out what it is today on "power." meantime, "halftime report" returns after this. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and...
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only four hours to go until america goes over the fiscal cliff. the dow jones industrial average down 113 points. had been down 148 points. look at that as we come on the air back above 13,000 level, not by much. the nasdaq, the biggest decline. 33 points. below 3,000 now at 2957. actually, hasn't been below 3,000 before that. s&p lower by 14 points. a decline of 1%. 1405 so holding onto the 1400 level. president obama is back at the white house. all eyes are on senate lawmakers now. amam jabbers is in washington. >> reporter: president obama did cut his vacation short in hawaii. he has arrived back at the white house this morning. the president emerging from marine one. what he's going to work on here in washington is pretty much anybody's guess at this point. the senate came back into session this morning and senate majority leader harry reid took to the senate floor to explain that he thought a $250,000 and above extension of the tax -- bush tax cuts could, in fact, pass and he was extremely, extremely angry in ways that you really hear on the
only four hours to go until america goes over the fiscal cliff. the dow jones industrial average down 113 points. had been down 148 points. look at that as we come on the air back above 13,000 level, not by much. the nasdaq, the biggest decline. 33 points. below 3,000 now at 2957. actually, hasn't been below 3,000 before that. s&p lower by 14 points. a decline of 1%. 1405 so holding onto the 1400 level. president obama is back at the white house. all eyes are on senate lawmakers now. amam...
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we have more from our guests, and coming up at the top of the hour, the fiscal cliff is just hours away with the defense industry expected to be hard-hit immediately. we will tell you how the pentagon is preparing for drastic spending cuts, that's coming up at 8:00 a.m. i need you. i feel so alone. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could stay away. you know i can't do this without you. you'll never have to. you're always there for me. shh! i'll get you a rental car. i could also use an umbrella. fall in love with progressive's claims service. [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. fwl >> coming up, still no deal
we have more from our guests, and coming up at the top of the hour, the fiscal cliff is just hours away with the defense industry expected to be hard-hit immediately. we will tell you how the pentagon is preparing for drastic spending cuts, that's coming up at 8:00 a.m. i need you. i feel so alone. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could stay away. you know i can't do this without you. you'll never have to. you're always there for me. shh! i'll get you a rental car. i could also...
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do you have any plans for fiscal cliff night? let's get to the "fast money" halftime. >>> all right, carl. thanks so much. welcome to the "halftime" show. four hours to go until the close. the dow has taken a turn to the negative. down 33 points. as you can see, the s&p and the nasdaq are following suit. here's what we're following on the "halftime" show. lucky '13. which stocks look like a good bet. >>> cliff countdown. just three trading days remain for lawmakers to reach a deal and avoid going over the cliff. will they rise above and what happens to the markets if they don't? first our top story, shopped out. new data showing holiday sales grew at the slowest pace in four years. what does it all say about the health of the nation's retailers and the money you have in their stock? our traders for the hour are peat and john negarian and steven weiss. pete, begin with you, 16 of the 17 worst performers in the s&p today are retailers. >> understandably so. the expectations were so high. a lot of the analysts were looking for a bum
do you have any plans for fiscal cliff night? let's get to the "fast money" halftime. >>> all right, carl. thanks so much. welcome to the "halftime" show. four hours to go until the close. the dow has taken a turn to the negative. down 33 points. as you can see, the s&p and the nasdaq are following suit. here's what we're following on the "halftime" show. lucky '13. which stocks look like a good bet. >>> cliff countdown. just three trading...
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not just the fiscal cliff, we've been talking about dairy farmers and wind farmers facing their own cliff. the price of a gallon of milk could cost $8 next year if congress fails to renew certain agricultural programs come december 31st. that's when wind farmers will also see the federal wind production tax credit disappear, which could lead the industry at a standstill. in addition to the fiscal cliff, milk cliff, and wind farm cliff, what other cliff are you worried about these days? tweet us. we have a new handle @squawkstreet and junior responses throughout the morning. >> some people on twitter have criticized how we just called it the container cliff. saying not everything is a cliff. >> but everything is a cliff. there is a deadline. >> containers will come in tor they won't. it's binary. >> we were chatting during the break, we're not allowed to own stocks, individual names, but if there was a name you wish you'd bought in the face of bad news last year? >> jpmorgan. it seemed that everyone wanted to sell off the stock, and this would be a huge impact on jpm. it had some per
not just the fiscal cliff, we've been talking about dairy farmers and wind farmers facing their own cliff. the price of a gallon of milk could cost $8 next year if congress fails to renew certain agricultural programs come december 31st. that's when wind farmers will also see the federal wind production tax credit disappear, which could lead the industry at a standstill. in addition to the fiscal cliff, milk cliff, and wind farm cliff, what other cliff are you worried about these days? tweet...
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apparently not his immediate action, though, with the nation facing a crippling fiscal cliff in just three days, the president calls congressional leaders together and says, you fix it. no, he doesn't offer any new plan from the white house, no compromise. instead the president tells the senate to come up with a deal and the same senate that hasn't passed a budget in years. and the marks don't like it at all, 158 points now tanking and falling further in the after market and we'll have to see how asia opens on monday. it could be ugly. the headlines are falling fast and furious. we're all over it "the kudlow report" starts right now. >>> welcome. i'm michelle caruso-cabrera in for larry kudlow. a lot happened in just the last couple of hours. >> michelle, there's considerably more optimism after the white house meeting between the president and the four bipartisan leaders than there was earlier in the day. mitch mcconnell and harry reid say they're going to come out and try to hammer out a bipartisan deal that can pass the senate with enough republican votes to convince the house to
apparently not his immediate action, though, with the nation facing a crippling fiscal cliff in just three days, the president calls congressional leaders together and says, you fix it. no, he doesn't offer any new plan from the white house, no compromise. instead the president tells the senate to come up with a deal and the same senate that hasn't passed a budget in years. and the marks don't like it at all, 158 points now tanking and falling further in the after market and we'll have to see...
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if you don't think people are feel the effects of the fiscal cliff, think again. we look at very real effects of the cliff on holiday sales and the numbers coming out are not all that pretty. plus, don't count out mother nature as the east coast faces another nor'easter. >> meantime, starbucks is worried about the fiscal cliff. the nation's biggest coffee chain is planning to take its message to washington. would that be enough to jolt lawmakers into action? >> and as the year winds to a close, the head of aetna is back with us winding up for higher taxes in 2013 thanks to obama care. wait until you hear how high he thinks they could go. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. stamps.com is the best. i don't have to leave my desk and get up and go to the post office anymore. [ male announcer ] with stamps.com you can print real u.s. postage for all your letters and packages. i have exactly the amount of postage i need, the instant i need it. can you print only stamps? no... first class. priority mail. certified. international. and the mail man picks it
if you don't think people are feel the effects of the fiscal cliff, think again. we look at very real effects of the cliff on holiday sales and the numbers coming out are not all that pretty. plus, don't count out mother nature as the east coast faces another nor'easter. >> meantime, starbucks is worried about the fiscal cliff. the nation's biggest coffee chain is planning to take its message to washington. would that be enough to jolt lawmakers into action? >> and as the year winds...